A bounded reference to selected enacted measures and their limits, updated October 5, 2026. Provision verification dates appear separately from this analysis date.
In force since 2023-07-23 · provision verified 2026-10-05
Chapter 360 provides civil remedies for candidates depicted in electioneering communications containing synthetic media. A prescribed disclosure is an affirmative defense. The act allocates sponsor and media liability and requires rulemaking, while excluding this section from ordinary chapter 42.17A violation enforcement.
Washington uses candidate civil remedies and a disclosure defense. Treating the act as an unconditional disclosure mandate would obscure that structure. The identity of the sponsor, the depiction, and the required evidentiary showing matter when assessing a communication.
Review current codification, PDC rules, 2024–2026 amendments and bill outcomes, and official court challenges. Selected current and concluded bills, agency rules, enforcement, and litigation have not been comprehensively screened. An omitted measure is not a finding that no relevant law exists.
This update expands the existing selected-law baseline using official legislative texts, codification, bill histories, and agency material. It distinguishes the act’s effective date from later duties and does not infer implementation from the passage of a deadline.
The analysis date is not a new verification date for every provision. Earlier dates remain where final text or date evidence was inaccessible. Only the separately identified in-force records enter the national export; proposed, future, and uncertain measures are excluded.
See the Illinois reference methodology for selection principles and the distinction between legislation and legal advice, or send a correction.